George Wesley Atkinson
George Wesley Atkinson was a federal judge on the United States Court of Claims. In 1905, Atkinson was nominated by President Teddy Roosevelt. He was commissioned on April 15, 1905, and served until his retirement on April 16, 1916.[1] Atkinson died on April 4, 1925.
Education
- Ohio Wesleyan University, A.B., 1870
- Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio, M.A., 1873
- Howard University, LL.B., 1874[1]
Professional career
- 1901-1905: United States Attorney, Southern District of West Virginia
- 1897-1901: Governor of West Virginia
- 1891-1896: Attorney in private practice
- 1890-1891: United States Representative from West Virginia
- 1881-1885: United States Marshall, U.S. District Court, District of West Virginia
- 1879-1881: Internal revenue agent, Wheeling, West Virginia
- 1877-1878: Editor, Wheeling Standard
- 1875-1877: Attorney in private practice
- 1873-1877: Postmaster, Charleston, West Virginia
- 1869-1871: Collector of Tolls, Kanawha River Board
- 1868-1870: Assistant superintendent of public schools, Kanawha County, West Virginia[1]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Biography of Judge Atkinson from the Federal Judicial Center
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Atkinson • Barney • Bennett • Blackford • Booth • Campbell • Casey • Collins • Cowen • John Davis • John Bancroft Davis • Oscar Davis • Downey • Drake • Durfee • Friedman • Gilchrist • Graham • Green • Hay • Howell • Howry • Hughes • Hunt • Jones • Kashiwa • Kunzig • Laramore • Littleton • Loring • Madden • Milligan • Moss • Nichols • Nott • Peck • Peelle • Richardson • Scarburgh • Scofield • Sinnott • Skelton • Smith • Weldon • Whaley • Whitaker • Williams • Wilmot • Wright • | ||
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| 1901 | |||
| 1902 |
Anderson • Burns • Coxe • Gould • Hale • Holmes • Platt • Ray • Townsend • Waite | ||
| 1903 |
Clabaugh • Day • Hay • Holt • Hook • McClelland • Morris • Pollock • Pritchard • Richards • Van Devanter • Daniel Wright • Francis Wright | ||
| 1904 |
Duell • Holland • Hunt • Lanning • Reed • Shepard • Stafford | ||
| 1905 |
Adams • Atkinson • Barney • Bethea • Booth • Cross • Dayton • Dodge • Finkelnburg • Kohlsaat • Landis • Lowell • McCall • McComas • Quarles • Sanborn • Seaman • Tayler • Whitson • Wolverton • Wright | ||
| 1906 |
Buffington • Chatfield • Ewing • Farrington • Hough • Knappen • Lewis • Martin • Moody • Peelle • Robb | ||
| 1907 |
Campbell • Cotteral • Dietrich • Dyer • Hundley • Munger • Noyes Saunders • Sheppard • Van Fleet • Van Orsdel • Ward | ||
| 1908 |
Chamberlain • Purdy • Sanford • Sater • Young | ||
| 1909 | |||
